Oscar Gamble

Positions: Outfielder and Designated Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 160lb (180cm, 72kg)

Born: December 20, 1949 in Ramer, AL us

Died: January 31, 2018 in Birmingham, AL

Buried: Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Ramer, AL

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 16th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Geroge Washington Carver HS (Montgomery, AL)

Debut: August 27, 1969 (Age 19-250d, 12,880th in major league history)
vs. CIN 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 8, 1985 (Age 35-231d)
vs. BOS 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Agents: Dick Moss, Howard Mandell

Full Name: Oscar Charles Gamble

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

22.9

4502

1195

200

.265

656

RBI

666

OBP

.356

SLG

.454

OPS

.811

OPS+

127

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1970 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	33 (32)	May 15	PHI		NYM	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	CF
2	34	May 16	PHI		NYM	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
3	35	May 18	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	36	May 19	PHI	@	PIT	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	39 (2)	May 22	PHI		STL	L,3-6	GS	23	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	40	May 23	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	41	May 24	PHI		STL	W,6-5	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
8	42	May 26	PHI	@	MON	W,3-2	GS	10	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	55 (12)	Jun 11	PHI		ATL	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
10	56	Jun 12	PHI		CIN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
11	57	Jun 13	PHI		CIN	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
12	58	Jun 14	PHI		CIN	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	59	Jun 16	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	CG	47	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	60	Jun 17	PHI		HOU	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
15	61	Jun 19	PHI	@	NYM	L,3-13	CG	40	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
16	62	Jun 20	PHI	@	NYM	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	CF
17	63	Jun 22 (1)	PHI		MON	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	64	Jun 22 (2)	PHI		MON	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	65	Jun 23	PHI		MON	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	66	Jun 24	PHI		MON	L,0-8	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
21	67	Jun 25	PHI		MON	W,3-2	CG	40	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
22	68	Jun 26	PHI	@	STL	L,0-7	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	69	Jun 27	PHI	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	70	Jun 28 (1)	PHI	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	71	Jun 28 (2)	PHI	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	72	Jun 30	PHI	@	MON	L,1-8	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	75 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	PHI		NYM	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
28	76	Jul 2 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	78 (1)	Jul 4	PHI		NYM	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	79	Jul 5	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
31	80	Jul 6	PHI		PIT	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
32	82 (1)	Jul 8	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
33	83	Jul 10	PHI	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	84	Jul 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,10-4	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
35	86 (1)	Jul 16	PHI	@	SDP	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
36	87	Jul 17	PHI	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
37	88	Jul 18	PHI	@	SDP	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
38	89	Jul 19 (1)	PHI	@	LAD	W,9-4	GS	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
39	90	Jul 19 (2)	PHI	@	LAD	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
40	91	Jul 20	PHI	@	LAD	L,0-5	GS	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
41	96 (4)	Jul 26	PHI		SDP	L,2-16	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
42	99 (2)	Jul 31 (1)	PHI		SFG	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	100	Jul 31 (2)	PHI		SFG	L,2-7	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	102 (1)	Aug 1 (2)	PHI		SFG	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
45	104 (1)	Aug 3	PHI		STL	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
46	107 (2)	Aug 6 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,0-4	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
47	108	Aug 6 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
48	109	Aug 7	PHI		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
49	110	Aug 8	PHI		CHC	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
50	111	Aug 9 (1)	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
51	113 (1)	Aug 11	PHI	@	HOU	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
52	114	Aug 12	PHI	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
53	116 (1)	Aug 14	PHI	@	CIN	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
54	118 (1)	Aug 16	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
55	121 (2)	Aug 19	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	122	Aug 20	PHI	@	ATL	L,2-6	GS	12	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
57	123	Aug 21 (1)	PHI		HOU	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
58	125 (1)	Aug 22	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
59	127 (1)	Aug 25	PHI		CIN	W,3-2	CG	47	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
60	129 (1)	Aug 27	PHI		CIN	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	134 (4)	Sep 2	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-17	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
62	135	Sep 3	PHI	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS	21	3.2	1	1	1	3	0	RF
63	140 (4)	Sep 7 (2)	PHI		STL	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
64	142 (1)	Sep 9 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
65	145 (2)	Sep 11	PHI	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
66	146	Sep 12	PHI	@	MON	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
67	149 (2)	Sep 16	PHI		PIT	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
68	154 (4)	Sep 22	PHI		NYM	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
69	155	Sep 23	PHI		NYM	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
70	157 (1)	Sep 26	PHI		CHC	W,7-1	GS	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
71	158	Sep 27	PHI		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
72	159	Sep 29	PHI		MON	L,3-10	GS	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	RF CF
73	160	Sep 30	PHI		MON	L,4-5	GS	26	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
74	161	Oct 1	PHI		MON	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
							75gm		606.1	148	4	7	159	0